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Boys Basketball: Penn Coach Al Rhodes wins career victory No. 650 vs. Warsaw

Penn Boys Basketball Coach Al Rhodes earns career victory No. 650

Penn High School Basketball Coach Al Rhodes earned career victory No. 650 as the Kingsmen raced past Warsaw, 71-59, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, in Boys Basketball action.

Markus Burton scored 36 points to lead the Kingsmen. Joey Garwood scored 16 points, and Joe Smith scored 11 points.

Rhodes is the fourth-winningest current coach in Indiana with an overall record of 650-316 (.673) in 41 seasons. The Penn graduate coached Warsaw to a state championship in 1984. He guided the Tigers for 22 seasons, posting a 405-133 record during that span.

A member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, Rhodes is 196-124 in 14 seasons at Penn. He is the winningest Boys Basketball coach at both Penn and Warsaw.

PENN 71: Joey Garwood 16, Markus Burton 36, Ethan Good 0, Joe Smith 11, Dominic Bonner 0, Trey Miller 0, Josh Gatete 2, Dylan Derda 4, , Mason Wilson 0, Blake Barker 0, Elijah Benson 0, Cole Wojciechowski 2.

Warsaw 59: Judah Simfukwe 14, Carson Gould 2, Theo Katris 12, Nick Katris 3, Drew Heckaman 15, Luke Yeager 1, Tyler Kuhn 3, Russ Winchester 9, Isaiah Courtois 0.

PENN          24     16     10     21 – 71

Warsaw       13     18     10     18 – 59

Three-pointers: PENN 5 (Joey Garwood 2, Markus Burton 2, Joe Smith 1); Warsaw 2 (Tyler Kuhn 1, Russ Winchester 1).

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